OK, I'll try to help ya Chuck. Rotenone is a non-specific poison, if you use
it in an area or lake you'll kill everything present including
macroinvertebrates. The good news is that it has a toxic half-life of
something like 24 hours, so it quickly breaks down and becomes inert.

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL

>From: IndyEsox_at_aol.com>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net>Subject: NANFA-- rotenone effects>Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 22:04:01 EDT>>2nd post, this time with subject header.>>>Need a little assistance here. I received the folowing message. Make me >look>smart in front of the lady. :>>>Chuck Church>Indianapolis, Indiana USA>>~~~~~~~~~original message~~~~~~~~~~~~~~>>Hey - is it true that rotenone only kills specific kinds of fish? I>thought it killed all fish. There is some lake up north where they are>going to use it to get rid of some exotic fish they don't want. I thought>they'd have to restock the whole lake, but friend claims they will only>lose a few of the "good" species.>Huh? You can see how much I know about fish...>>Liz>>/----------------------------------------------------------------------------->/"Unless stated otherwise, comments made on this list do not necessarily>/ reflect the beliefs or goals of the North American Native Fishes>/ Association">/ This is the discussion list of the North American Native Fishes >Association>/ nanfa_at_aquaria.net. To subscribe, unsubscribe, or get help, send the word>/ subscribe, unsubscribe, or help in the body (not subject) of an email to>/ nanfa-request_at_aquaria.net. For a digest version, send the command to>/ nanfa-digest-request_at_aquaria.net instead.>/ For more information about NANFA, visit our web page, >http://www.nanfa.org

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